Person hospitalized after shooting involving Miami Police – NBC 6 South Florida

A shooting involving Miami Police that left one person hospitalized was under investigation Tuesday, officials said.

Officials confirmed a police-involved shooting happened in the area of Southwest 16th Avenue and 19th Street around 2:30 p.m.

Miami Police Capt. Freddie Cruz said officers had responded to the area with fire rescue crews when the shooting happened.

The person was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, Cruz said. That person’s identity wasn’t released.

“Unfortunately one of our officers was involved in a discharge,” Cruz told reporters. “The nature of the call is we were here as a backup with fire rescue.”

Cruz said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the incident, which is standard practive in police-involved shootings.

No other information was released.

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